Rail joint and fastening.



PATENTED MAR. 3, 1903.

T. H. DAVIES.

RAIL JOINT AND FASTENING.

APPLIGATION FILED OGT.13, 190Z NO MODEL.

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THOMAS H. DAVIES, OF DUQUESNE, PENNSYLVANIA.

lRAlL JOINT AND FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 722,175, dated March 3,1903.

Application filed October 13, 1902. Serial No. 127,016- (No model.)

To (tZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS H. DAVIES, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Duquesne, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in RailJoints and Fastenings, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in railjoints and fats toners, and has for its object to provide means wherebytwo rails may be secured in position without the aid of the ordinarybolts passing through the webs of the rails and whereby the rails andfastening therefor may be socured to a metallic tie.

Briefly described, my invention comprises a chair comprising two membersor sections having overlapping tongues which are apertured to receivethe bolt which fastens the two members or sections together and alsoextends into the metallic cross-tie. Each of these sections or membersof the chair carry integral fish-plates, which engage the rail to holdthe latter in position, the rail resting in the chair upon thesaddleplate mounted therein and preferably held against longitudinalmovement by engagement with the bolt which secures the overlappingtongues of the members or sections together.

The above construction will be hereinafter more fully described, andspecifically pointed out in the claims, and in describing the inventionin detail reference is had to the accompanying drawings, forming a partof this specification, and wherein like numerals of reference indicatelike parts throughout the several views, in which Figure 1 is across-sectional view of the rail, with myimproved fastening in position,showing a portion of the tie in longitudinal section. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sectional view taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, showing thefastening in top plan. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of thesaddle-plate. Fig. 4: is a like view of the bolt which secures the twosections or members of the chair together and also holds thesaddle-plate against longitudinal movement.

As stated, it is one of the objects of my invention to construct arail-fastening which may be readily secured to a metallic tie. To thisend I will employ a tie 1, which may be in the form of a channel-beam,I-beam, or other structural shape which will permit of the bolting ofthe fastening means thereto.

The chair comprises two sections or members 2 and 8, substantiallyidentical in form, the section or member 2 having an overlapping tongue4, which rests upon the underlying tongue 5, carried by the section ormember 23 of the chair. The fish-plates of the two sections or membersare adapted to firmly engage the upper face of the rail-base, the rail 7resting upon the saddle-plate 8, which is mounted in the chair and hasdepending side flanges 9, which engage in the recesses or seats 10provided therefor in the respective chair sections or members. Theoverlapping tongues 24 and 5 of the chair sections or members areprovided with registering apertures to receive the securing pin or bolt11, provided with a head 12, which rests in the re cess providedtherefor in the overlapping tongue at. This bolt or pin 11 carries ashort stud 14 above the head 12, which engages in the seat or recess 15,provided therefor in the underneath face of the saddle-plate 8, so thatthe saddle-plate may be held against longitudinal movement independentlyof the chairsections. The bodies of the chair-sections are provided withopenings, whereby the bolts 16 may be passed through the upper face ofthe tie and through these openings and rigidly held by' the nuts 17 forfastening the chair securely to the tie.

To place the chair in position, the sections or members thereof 'will befirst joined together by a bolt 11, the saddle-plate placed in positionto the chair, and then slipped on the end of the rail and moved upwardinto position over the tire, where it is securely fastened by the bolts16 and nuts 17. The saddle-plate rests upon the bolt 11, and the railsrest upon the saddle-plate. The bolts are securely held in position, andas the bolts 11 extend through the upper faceof the tie they tend toalso assist in securing the chair in position on the tie. The depressionof the saddle-plate caused by the weight of the train thereon isprovided for by the groove or recesses 10 in the chair sections ormembers.

It will be noted that various changes may ICO be made in the details ofconstruction without departing from the general spirit of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A rail-fastening and chair comprising two chair sections or memberseach provided on the inner edge with a tongue, said tongues adapted tooverlap and provided with registering apertures, a bolt or pin restinginsaid apertures and provided on its head with a stud, a saddle-plateresting on said stud and having flanges extending into the groovesprovided thereforin the chair sections or members, integral fish-platescarried by said chair sections or members to engage the rail, and meansfor securing said chair sections or members to the tie, substantially asdescribed.

2. A rail joint and fastening comprising two chair sections or membershaving overlapping tongues on their inner edges, said tongues providedwith registering apertures, a bolt or pin engaging in said apertures andprovided on its upper end with a stud, a saddie-plate arranged betweenthe chair sections or members and provided with arecess to receive thestud of said bolt or pin, jaws carried by said sections or members toengage the rail-base, and means for securing said sections or members tothe tie, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

THOMAS H. DAVIES.

Witnesses:

JOHN GRAEBING, J r. E. E. POTTER.

